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LAWRENCE,    KANSAS. 

P.T.  Foley,  Printer  and  Book  Binder, 

1888. 


The  History  of  The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 

Lawrence  is  Based  upon  the  Church  Records  and 

THE  Memory  of  Those  Still  Living  who  Have 

Been  United  With  it  From  the  Organization 

OF   THE   TW0»ChURCHES    OUT   OF   WhICH    IT 

Grew.     As  will  be  Seen,  the  Sub- 
stance OF  IT  WAS  Included  in 

A     HISTORICAL    SERMON 


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PRESBYTERIANISM  IN  LAWRENCE." 


Preached   in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  on  the  2d 
Sabbath  of  April,  1887, 

By  REV.  S,  M.   OSMOND,  D,  D,,  Pastor. 


To  Which  Dr.  Osmond,  Aided  by  the  Session  of  the 
Church,  has  Added  the  More  Recent  Events 
of  the  Church   History.  Bringing  it  down 
to   May    ist,  A.    D.   1888,    the   Centen- 
nial  Year  of   Our   General   As- 
sembly  IN   the   U.    S.    a. 


4    HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

Text:  Deuteronomy  viii,  2. 

"And  thou  shalt  remember  all  the  way  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  led  thee."    *    *    * 

More  than  a  year  ago  a  resolution  was  adopted  by  our  Ses- 
sion, requesting  me  to  prepare  and  present  to  the  congregation 
a  history  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Lawrence,  from 
its  organization  to  the  present  time.  When,  some  time  after- 
ward, I  was  led  definitely  to  contemplate  the  approaching  close 
of  my  connection  with  the  Church  as  its  Pastor,  I  concluded 
that  a  historical  discourse,  such  as  the  Session  desired,  might 
fittingly  be  preached  on  the  last  Sabbath  of  my  pastorate. 

With  this  idea  before  me,  I  have  availed  myself  of  what  lit- 
tle leisure  I  could  command,  in  order  to  gather  up  the  necessary 
materials  for  the  sermon  in  prospect. 

The  thought,  meanwhile,  more  than  once  occurred  to  me 
that  it  was  a  pity  such  a  discourse  could  not  be  preached  in  con- 
nection with  the  anniversary  of  the  Church's  organization.  But 
the  date  of  that  event  was  not  discoverable  from  any  existing 
records  of  the  Church;  nor  could  it  be  ascertained  from  the 
minutes  of  the  Presbytery.  On  last  Tuesday,  however,  I  was 
reading  carefully  for  the  first  time,  a  letter  kindly  furnished  me 
some  weeks  ago  by  the  Rev.  William  Wilson,  the  minister  who 
presided  at  the  organization  of  the  Church,  communicating  his 
recollections  of  its  early  history;  and  you  may  imagine  my  sur- 
prise at  finding  that  that  very  day,  on  which  I  was  thus  reading 
Mr.  Wilson's  letter,  Tuesday,  April  the  5th,  was  the  Church's 
birthday!  So,  without  the  least  purpose  or  effort  on  my  part, 
has  it  been  brought  about,  by  what  seems  an  exceedingly  strik- 
ing coincidence,  that  our  memorial  service  is  as  near  the  true 
anniversary  as  it  conveniently  could  be,  coming,  as  it  does,  on  the 
first  Sabbath  following. 

The  Rev.  William  Wilson,  on  the  second  Sabbath  of  Decem- 
ber, 1857,  at  2  :  30  o'clock,  p.  m.,  commenced  preaching  at  Law- 
rence, in  the    Congregational   House    of    Worship,    a  concrete 


LAWRENCE,  KANSAS. 


building  which  stood  at  the  corner  of  Pinckney  and  Louisiana 
streets.  He  continued  to  preach  there,  at  the  same  hour  of  the 
day,  every  alternate  Sabbath,  for  some  eight  or  nine  months  after- 
ward, when  his  stated  Ministry  in  this  City  terminated.  He 
subsequently  supplied  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Lecompton 
and  other  churches  in  this  portion  of  Kansas.  His  home  is  now  on 
a  farm  in  Leavenworth  County,  and  his  present  ecclesiastical  con- 
nection is  with  the  Presbytery  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  from  which 
section  of  country  he  originally  came  to  Kansas,  and  entered  with 
much  energy  into  its  pioneer  work.  He  is  to  be  remembered 
with  interest  and  gratitude,  especially  for  his  important  labors, 
at  so  early  a  stage,  in  this  city,  resulting  as  they  did  in  the  in- 
ception of  its  First  Presbyterian  Church,  the  twenty-ninth  an- 
niversary of  whose  founding,  through  his  instrumentality,  we 
celebrate  to-day. 

As  already  noted,  the  organization  was  formally  effected  on 
the  5th  day  of  April,  1858,  in  the  Congregational  Church.  Dr. 
C.  E.  Miner  was  elected  as  ruling  elder,  but  was  only  ordained 
and  installed  on  the  15th  day  of  the  following  month.  The 
whole  membership  at  the  organization  was  twenty-five.  The 
names,  as  recalled  by  Rev.  Wm.  Wilson  (with  the  exception  of 
three  whom  he  fails  to  recollect)  were  as  follows:  Dr.  C.  E. 
Miner  and  his  wife;  James  A.  Finley  and  his  wife;  James  Steele 
and  Elizabeth  Steele  (his  wife);  L.  S.  Steele  and  the  first  Mrs. 
L.  S.  Steele;  R.  A.  Dean,  Mrs.  Mary  Dean,  D.  E.  Bowen  and 
Mrs.  Bowen,  Mrs.  Berry,  Thomas  Seatin,  William  A.  Holmes, 
George  W.  Herrington,  Thomas  Reed,  William  Cook  and  Mrs. 
Cook,  Mrs.  Shanklin,  Oliver  Paul  and  Mrs.  Mary  Paul.  The 
three  missing  names  are  probably  those  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mc- 
Candless,  whose  home  was  south  of  Lawrence  and  of  the 
Wakarusa  Creek,  and  Mrs.  Edgerton,  then  living  near  Sigel. 
So  thinks  Judge  Steele,  who  was  one  of  the  original  twenty- 
five. 

Let  us  briefly  reconstruct,  in  imagination,  something  of  the 
surroundings  and  condition  of  things  existing  at  this  beginning 
of  our  Church's  organized  life. 


6    HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

Lawrence  was  scarcely  out  of  her  infancy,  being  at  the  time 
only  about  five  years  old.  Stormy  and  bloody  as  those  eventful 
years  had  proved,  the  young  city  had  made  considerable  growth 
and  had  acquired  a  population  of  something  over  2,000  persons. 
The  Congregational,  Unitarian,  Methodist,  Baptist,  possibly  also 
the  Episcopal,  Churches,  had  preceded  ours.  The  two  first  men- 
tioned had  provided  themselves  with  houses  of  worship,  the  ac- 
commodations of  which  they  generously  shared  with  the  sister 
Churches  that  had  followed  in  their  rear. 

There  were  only  two  or  three  buildings  of  any  kind  south  of 
Berkley  street.  The  town  must  have  been  thinly,  and  yet  not 
expansively  spread  eastward  and  westward  from  Massachusetts 
street. 

John  W.  Denver  was  acting  Governor  of  the  Territory  of 
Kansas,  the  total  population  of  which  was  about  55,000.  The 
turbulent  period  of  Border  Ruffian  invasions  and  of  attempted 
slave  holding  dominancy  was  drawing  toward  an  auspicious 
close.  The  cloud  that  had  hung  so  darkly  over  Kansas  was 
rapidly  scattering;  but  the  winds  of  controversy  which  had 
blown  so  fiercely  out  of  it  were  bearing  its  still  black  electric 
fragments  over  the  whole  land,  to  become  ere  long  the  sources 
of  those  death-dealing  tempests,  that  finally  spent  themselves  in 
that  tremendous  national  conflict,  out  of  the  bloody  desolations 
of  which  at  last  emerged  the  glorious  boon  of  universal  liberty, 
which  the  noble  Kansas  pioneers,  "building  better  than  they 
knew,"  had  only  dared  to  claim  and  conquer  for  their  own 
adopted  Territory. 

The  weak,  but  not  really  disloyal,  James  Buchanan  was 
President  of  the  United  States;  and  the  name  of  him  who  was 
to  be  Buchanan's  successor  in  the  Presidency — one  of 

"  The  few  immortal  names 
That  are  not  born  to  die," — 

a  name  now  proudly,  sacredly,  and  with  tender  sadness,  enshrined 
in  American  hearts,  was  beginning  to  catch  the  nation's  ear  and 


LAWRENCE,   KANSAS. 


to  quicken  its  pulse.  It  was  the  name  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  who, 
with  matchless  ability,  was  successfully  championing  the  great 
principles  which  constituted  the  practical  issues  and  burning 
questions  of  that  long  and  desperate  struggle  through  which 
"  bleeding  Kansas "  was  making  her  rough  way  to  the  stars, 
where  she  now  shines  with  a  fadeless  glory. 

The  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Lawrence  was  organized  in 
connection  with  the^Presbytery  of  Highland  Old  School,  which 
Presbytery  formed  the  then  recent  Kansas  extension  of  the  Synod 
of  Missouri,  O.  S.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  Highland,  which 
properly  gave  its  name  to  our  first  Presbytery  in  Kansas,  was  the 
starting  point  of  Presbyterianism  in  our  now  great  and  populous 
state.  In  the  year  1837  the  Rev.  S.  M.  Irvin  (who  only  a  little 
more  than  a  month  ago  ceased  from  his  earthly  labors  at  the  age 
of  75)  established  a  mission  of  the  Presbyterian  Foreign  Board  at 
that  locality  for  the  Iowa  and  Sac  Indians,  who  were,  about  that 
time,  being  removed  by  the  government  from  the  east  to  the  west 
of  the  Missouri  river. 

The  Presbyterian  church  and  University  of  Highland  were 
the  final  outgrowth  of  that  mission,  and  of  the  school  for  the  In- 
dians associated  with  it.  Leavenworth,  which  had  long  been  a 
military  post  of  the  United  States,  was,  I  think,  the  next  place  to 
Highland  at  which  a  Presbyterian  church  was  organized  in  the 
Territory  of  Kansas. 

Lawrence  seems  to  have  been  somewhat  slow  in  fallingf  into 
line.  This  may  partly  be  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  its  first 
settlements  were  largely  from  New  England  where  Congrega- 
tionalism prevails.  Still,  from  the  first,  there  were  many  immi- 
grants from  the  more  Presbyterian  middle  states,  and  especially 
from  New  York  and  Ohio.  The  hesitation  of  our  church  to  enter 
this  new  field  doubtless  caused  us  the  loss  of  some  valuable  Pres- 
byterians, who,  not  finding  here  a  church  of  their  own  denomina- 
tion, naturally  sought  a  home  in  the  Congregational  fold.  From 
various  causes,  up  to  a  comparatively  recent  period,  that  church 
continued  to  absorb  much  of   the    Presbyterian    element  which 


8     HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


found  its  way  to  Lawrence,  greatly  to  their  gain  and  our  corres- 
ponding loss.  As  an  offset  to  the  stronger  feelings  than  those  of 
regret  which  we  might  otherwise  be  disposed  to  harbor  toward 
our  esteemed  and  closely  related  Congregational  friends  in  Law- 
rence, in  view  of  this  advantage  gained  by  them  at  our  expense, 
we  thankfully  remember  that  they  kindly  furnished  a  birth  place 
for  our  church,  and  for  months  afterward  gave  the  shelter  of  their 
house  of  worship  to  its  tender  infancy. 

Of  the  original  twenty-five  members  who  composed  the  Pres- 
byterian organization,  only  one  remains  with  us  to  the  present 
time,  viz.:  Judge  L.  S.  Steele.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Austin  Dean 
are  in  the  neighboring  Presbyterian  church  of  Clinton  which  was 
subsequently  formed,  and  largely  from  members  of  the  Lawrence 
church  living  in  that  vicinity.  Dr.  Miner,  the  first  and  for  some 
time  the  only  ruling  elder,  appears  to  have  been  a  man  of  very 
decided  views  and  forceful  character,  and  was  prominently  ident- 
ified with  the  early  work  and  enterprises  of  the  church.  His 
friends  were  warmly  attached  to  him,  but  he  was  not  without 
equally  enthusiastic  opposers  of  some  of  his  ideas  and  sentiments. 
He  was  an  ardent  old  school  Presbyterian  from  Washington,  Pa. 
He  went  from  Lawrence  two  or  three  years  after  the  organization 
of  this  church  to  Kansas  City  and  afterwards  to  Memphis,  Ten- 
nessee, where  he  died  of  yellow  fever,  during  the  terrible  visita- 
tion of  that  fatal  pestilence,  some  years  after  the  close  of  the  war 
of  the  Rebellion. 

When  the  Rev.  Wm.  Wilson  ceased  to  supply  the  Lawrence 
Church,  its  membership,  according  to  his  recollection,  was  thir- 
ty-two. 

The  Rev.,  now  Dr.  William  Bishop,  took  charge  of  the 
Church  the  following  November  1st,  and  continued  as  its  acting 
Pastor  about  eighteen  months.  The  minutes  of  the  Old  School 
General  Assembly  for  1860  report  a  membership  of  sixty-two, 
with  seventy-five  in  the  Sabbath  School,  $200.00  raised  for  con- 
gregational  purposes,    $100.00    for    miscellaneous    objects,    and 

).00  for  education.     These  were,  of  course,  the  days  of  com- 


LAWRENCE,   KANSAS. 


paratively  small  things.  The  Presbyterian  Board  of  Domestic 
Missions  must  have  paid  by  far  the  larger  part  of  the  Minister's 
salary.  Services  were  held,  at  least  principally,  in  the  "  upper 
room,"  so  consecrated  to  religious  uses,  and  memorable  for  other 
important  and,  sometimes,  less  peaceful  convocations  held  in  it, 
which  is  known,  and  will  long  be  known  in  history,  as  "Miller's 
Hall.'"  The  Sabbath  congregations  were  continuously  held 
there  from  the  beginning  of  Mr.  Bishop's  ministry  until  the 
present  house  of  worship  was  ready  for  occupancy,  a  period  of 
more  than  ten  years.  The  building  of  which  this  hall  is  a  part 
stands  on  the  west  side  of  Massachusetts  street,  between  Henry 
and  Winthrop  streets,  and  is  now  occupied  by  the  clothing  store 
of  Mr.  Jacob  House.  Its  name  was  derived  from  that  of  its  then 
owner,  Mr.  Robert  H.  Miller.  It  is  one  of  the  very  few  build- 
ings in  its  neighborhood  that  escaped  destruction  from  the 
Quantrell  Raid.  It  took  fire  from  an  adjoining  edifice  in  flames, 
but  was  saved  by  the  timely  exertions  of  a  young  man,  who  tore 
away  the  burning  cornice,  and  so  arrested  the  conflagration.  To 
loyal  Presbyterians  acquainted  with  its  history,  it  must  always 
be  invested  with  interesting  and  even  sacred  associations."^ 

We  have  no  Church  records  covering  this  period,  and  but 
scanty  information  in  regard  to  Church  matters  derived  from 
other  sources.  Incidental  mention  is  made  in  papers  before  me 
of  D.  E.  Bo  wen  and  John  Shepherd,  both  of  whom  at  an  early 
day  became  ruling  Elders  in  the  Church,  but  just  when,  cannot 
now  be  told.  The  Finleys,  Shanklins,  Millers  and  others  of 
well  remembered  name  were  added  to  the  congregation.  The 
Hon.  Joshua   Miller,  son  of  Robert  H.  Miller  and  the  long   de- 


*  Since  the  above  was  written,!  have  been  informed  by  Mr,  James  W.  Junkins, 
one  of  the  early  members  of  the  Church,— a  son-in-law  of  Robert  H.  Miller,— that 
the  Presbyterians  ceased  lo  worship  in  the  "old  Miller's  Hall"  during  the  ministry 
of  Rev.  Michael  Hummer,  and  that  Rev.  Mr.  Starrett  preached  in  what  is  now 
known  as  Miller's  HaU,  (in  a  newer  building  erected  by  Robert  H.  Miller,  standing 
a  few  deors  north  of  House's  clothing  store)  and  continued  to  do  so  until  the 
present  Church  edifice  was  ready  for  occupancy.  The  change  of  place  was  caused 
by  the  fact  that  the  older  building  had  been  occupied  by  the  military  authorities  as 
a  hospital  for  sick  and  wounded  soldiers. 


10    HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

ceased  husband  of  Mrs.  Judge  Miller  (who  is  still  of  our  mem- 
bership though  at  present  absent)  took  an  active  and  influential 
part  in  its  business  affairs. 

Robert  H.  Miller,  the  revered  patriarch  of  the  Miller  family, 
deserves  far  larger  space  in  this  connection  than  my  limited  time 
will  permit.  His  history  had  been  eventful  and  highly  honorable 
previous  to  his  immigration  to  Kansas  from  South  Carolina,  his 
native  state,  in  which  he  had  resided  until  he  reached  middle  age. 
He  was  there  a  prominent  member,  perhaps  a  ruling  elder,  of  the 
Associate,  or  Associate  Reformed,  Presbyterian  Church.  ^  "Al- 
though of  competent  means  to  become  a  slaveholder,  he  was 
among  the  non-slaveholding  class  in  his  southern  home,  and  a 
firm  opponent  of  slavery."  His  well-known  principles  and  his 
fearless  advocacy  of  them  brought  upon  him  an  assault  of  brutal 
violence,  from  which  he  was  so  badly  injured  as  to  jeopardise  his 
life.  At  the  time  of  the  Nullification  movement  in  South  Caro- 
lina, under  the  presidency  of  Andrew  Jackson,  Mr.  Miller  was 
captain  of  an  artillery  company,  and  at  a  general  muster  when 
the  Nullifiers  raised  a  Nullification  flag,  he  ordered  his  men  to 
load  their  guns  with  cobble  stones,  the  only  material  at  hand, 
and  demanded  that  the  flag  be  hauled  down.  Accordingly  down 
the  flag  came,  and  President  Jackson  sent  the  heroic  young  cap- 
tain an  autograph  letter  of  congratulation. 

The  accession  to  this  community  and  church  of  a  man  of 
such  a  spirit  and  mould,  was  an  inestimable  advantage.  This 
church  owes  to  his  staunch  support,  his  generous  pecuniary  aid, 
and  above  all,  to  his  devoted,  consistent,  but  humble  Christian 
life,  more  than  it  can  ever  fully  realize.  He  was  long  one  of  its 
most  energetic  and  faithful  trustees,  and  was,  with  unparalelled 
cordiality,  elected  a  ruling  Elder,  which  oflice,  however,  with 
characteristic  modesty,  he  declined.  He  lived  to  a  good  old  age? 
and  died,  universally  respected  and  mourned,  about  two  years 
ago. 

*I  here  quote  freely  from  an  obituary  notice  of  Robt.  H.  Miller  in  the  Lawrence 
Journal,  the  facts  for  which  were  doubtless  furnished  by  his  sons,  Rev.  George 
Miller,  of  Nevada,  Missouri,  and  Mr.  Wm.  Miller,  of  Lawrence. 


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"  The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Lawrence  was  never,  in  some 
respects,  in  a  better  or  more  promising  condition  than  during-  the 
time  from  its  organization  to  the  close  of  Rev.  Mr.  Bishop's  min- 
istry. Mr.  Wilson,  its  organizer,  writes  as  follows:  "  As  long  as 
I  continued  to  preach  for  the  church,  everything  seemed  to  be 
working  very  harmoniously,  and  I  believe  the  same  state  of  things 
continued  in  the  church  as  long  as  Bro.  Bishop  remained  with  it." 
Dr.  Bishop  says:  "It  was  (at  the  time  he  left  it)  as  large  in 
membership  as  any  church  in  town  —  had  some  most  excellent 
material  in  it.  Especially  would  I  emphasize  the  Miller  families. 
Judge  Miller,  though  not  a  member,  was  remarkably  generous 
and  liberal.     He  was  a  man  of  the  highest  type  of  honor." 

It  may  be  a  surprise  to  some  that,  among  the  members  of 
this  spirited  little  Church,  during  the  very  first  year  of  its  ex- 
istence, originated  a  movement,  which,  in  all  probability,  was  the 
occasion  of  making  Lawrence  the  seat  of  its  crowning  institu- 
tion, the  University  of  Kansas. 

A  Mrs.  Emily  P.  Burke,  of  Chestnut  Level,  Pa.,  wrote  to  the 
Rev.  Wm.  Wilson,  then  in  charge  of  our  Church  here,  propos- 
ing to  come  to  Lawrence  or  some  other  promising  point  in  Kan- 
sas, with  the  idea  of  establishing  a  Female  Seminary.  This 
suggestion  led  to  a  consultation  between  leading  members  and 
friends  of  the  Presbyterian  congregation  of  Lawrence,  and  sub- 
sequently to  a  reference  of  the  whole  matter  to  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Van  Rensalear,  Secretary  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Educa- 
tion, at  Philadelphia.  The  result  of  the  correspondence  was  that 
the  Board  promised  to  give,  or  secure  through  their  aid  and  in- 
fluence, the  sum  of  $10,000  for  the  establishment  of  an  institu- 
tion of  learning  under  the  auspices  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
to  be  located  at  Lawrence,  and  to  be  called  the  "University  of 
Lawrence."  This  proposal,  or  pledge,  of  the  Presbyterian 
Board  of  Education  was  made  on  the  express  condition  that  a 
certain  fund  for  educational  purposes,  amounting  to  $10,000,  in 
possession  of  Abbott  A.  Lawrence,  of  Boston,  and  known  as  the 
Lawrence  Fund,  would    be  applied  to  the   building  up  of  the 


12     HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

proposed  University.  A  Board  of  Directors  was  organized,  the 
majority  of  whom,  in  the  first  instance,  were  Presbyterians. 
About  $2,000  or  |2,500  were  actually  received  from  the  Board  of 
Education  and  expended  in  the  erection  of  the  "old  University 
building,"  which  stands  on  the  north  plateau  of  Mt.  Oread.  A 
school  was  meanwhile  organized  and  a  Faculty  elected,  of  which 
Dr.  Bishop  was  President.  The  school  was  held  in  the  base- 
ment of  the  Unitarian  Church.  Prof.  C.  L.  Edwards,  who  is 
still  an  esteemed  citizen  of  Lawrence  and  a  prominent  member 
of  Plymouth  Congregational  Church,  was  Principal  of  the 
Preparatory  Department. 

While  the  edifice  on  Mt.  Oread  was  in  process  of  erection,  it 
was  ascertained  that,  through  the  intervention  of  certain  persons 
who  had  hitherto  seemed  friendly  to  the  enterprise,  the  Lawrence 
fund  would  not  be  given  to  an  institution  under  Presbyterian 
influence.  At  the  same  time,  some  unfortunate  friction  seems  to 
have  arisen  between  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors ;  and 
very  singularly,  that  Board  was  now  greatly  enlarged  in  numbers, 
so  that  Presbyterians  became  the  minority,  instead  of  the  majori- 
ty, in  it ;  whereupon,  the  Secretaries^of  the  Presbyterian  Board 
of  Education  declined  making  any  further  appropriation  from  the 
funds  under  their  management,  until  matters  should  be  satisfac- 
torily adjusted.  Dr.  Bishop,  however,  went  on  to  Philadelphia 
immediately,  and  had  about  succeeded  in  securing  some  favorable 
arrangement  with  the  Board,  whereby  the  school  and  its  building 
might  still  go  forward  ;  but,  during  his  absence,  the  Lawrence 
Board  of  Directors  took  summary  action,  transferring  the  Uni- 
versity of  Lawrence,  with  all  its  possessions  and  prospects,  to  the 
Episcopalians! 

The  Episcopalians  did  nothing  but  simply  hold  the  property, 
until  the  Legislature  established  the  State  University,  into 
which,  by  some  process  that  I  have  not  thought  it  necessary  to 
trace,  everything  that  had  been  accomplished  and  acquired  by  the 
educational  movement  of  which  I  have  spoken,  was  finally  ab- 
sorbed.    The  money  advanced  by  the  Presbyterian  Church  was 


LAWRENCE,  KANSAS.  13 

never  refunded  ;  but  we  may  console  ourselves  with  the  reflec- 
tion that,  as  a  denomination,  we  have,  to  that  extent,  helped  on 
the  great  and  growing  State  Institution  in  which  we  are  all  so 
deeply  interested,  and  which  undoubtedly  sprang  from  the 
trampled  shoot  that  Presbyterian  hands  were  instrumental  in 
planting. 

Mr.  Bishop  soon  after  the  close  of  his  ministry  in  Lawrence 
removed  to  Salina,  Kansas,  where  he  yet  resides,  so  well  and 
widely  known  as  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  a  public-spirited  citi- 
zen, and  an  accomplished  educator,  that  we  need  spend  no  more 
time  in  dwelling  upon  his  honorable  history. 

Churches  in  search  of  pastors  sometimes  make  unaccountable 
choices.  Never  was  one  more  unsuitable  or  unfortunate  than 
that  of  the  Lawrence  Presbyterian  Church  in  fixing  upon  the 
Rev.  Michael  Hummer,  as  the  successor  of  the  Rev.  Wm.  Bishop. 
Since  it  has  been  my  lot  twice  to  occupy  the  same  pulpit,  pre- 
viously filled  by  this  remarkable  person,  first  as  pastor  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Iowa  City,  and  now  of  this  Church,  I 
have  reason  to  know  something  of  his  record.  Never  does  he 
seem  to  have  come  into  influential  connection  with  any  Church 
without  bringing  to  it  distress  and  disaster.  How  much  of  the 
mischief  he  wrought  was  due  to  partial  insanity,  how  much  to  his 
inexplicable  spiritualistic  ideas  and  practices,  or  how  much  to  his 
uncured  natural  perversity,  is  not  for  human  judgment  to  decide. 
He  is  said  to  have  been  capable  of  preaching  very  fine  and  strik- 
ing sermons  ;  but  their  effect  was  always  liable  to  be  spoiled  by 
outbursts  of  his  craziness,  or  of  something  worse  than  mere  mental 
derangement.  The  Presbytery  of  Iowa  had  deposed  him  from 
the  ministry  before  he  found  his  way  to  Kansas.  By  some  back- 
door arrangement  he  had  found  renewed  ministerial  recognition 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Highland,  and  so  became  the  acting  pastor 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Lawrence.  His  stay,  of 
course,  was  short,  only  about  six  or  nine  months  ;  but  during  that 
brief  time  the  harmony  of  the  Church  was  so  utterly  broken  up, 
its  recently  bright  prospects  for  strength  and  usefulness  had   so 


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completely  given  place  to  well  nigh  hopeless  discouragement,  its 
affairs  had  reached  such  a  stage  of  inextricable  confusion  and  ir- 
reconcilable conflict,  that  the  Presbytery  of  Highland  resorted  to 
the  extreme  measure  of  forming,  out  of  the  chaotic  and  warring 
elements  to  which  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  had  been  re- 
duced, a  new  organization,  to  which  was  given  the  significant 
name  of  the  Union  Presbyterian  Church  qf  Lawrence.  Just  pre- 
vious to  this  summary  action  of  the  Presbytery  the  membership 
of  the  First  Church,  as  reported  in  the  minutes  of  the  General 
Assembly,  had  come  down  to  thirty  ! 

The  Presbytery  of  Iowa,  which  had  deposed  Mr.  Hummer, 
memorialized  the  General  Assembly  of  1862,  held  at  Columbus, 
Ohio,  complaining  of  the  action  of  the  Presbytery  of  Highland 
for  irregularly  taking  up  Mr.  Hummer.  The  committee  of  the 
Assembly,  to  whom  the  matter  was  referred,  advised  Highland 
to  reconsider  its  action,  which  was  accordingly  done,  and 
Michael  Hummer  was  again  remanded  to  his  proper  status,  that 
of  a  deposed  minister.  His  subsequent  history  requires  no 
further  mention,  more  than  to  say  that  his  death  occurred  at 
Wyandotte,  Kansas,  a  few  years  ago. 

The  war  of  the  Rebellion  was  now  in  progress,  and  the  times 
for  building  the  walls  of  Zion  were  troublous  indeed.  It  is  not 
to  be  wondered  at,  that  the  reconstructed  Church  remained  va- 
cant for  a  year  or  more  after  Mr.  Hummer's  ministry  came  to  an 
end.  On  August  the  21st,  1863,  Lawrence  witnessed  and  suf- 
fered the  horrible  atrocities  of  Quantrell's  Raid.  It  does  not 
appear  that  any  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  were 
among  the  victims  of  the  massacre.  Several  of  them  were  ex- 
posed to  great  perils  and  hardships,  not  a  few  suffered  the  burn- 
ing of  their  homes,  and  the  loss  of  all  their  worldly  goods.  The 
Church  records  were  burned,  but  when  or  how  I  have  been  un- 
able to  ascertain. 

It  would  seem  a  most  inopportune  time  for  separating  into 
two  branches  the  already  greatly  attenuated  Presbyterian  ele- 
ment in  Lawrence,  but  (doubtless  for  what  were  deemed  suffi- 


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cient  reasons)  this  was  what  was  now  done  by  the  organization 
of  another  "  First  Presbyterian  Church,"  by  the  authority  of  the 
New  School  Presbytery  of  Kansas.  The  meeting  for  this  pur- 
pose was  held  in  the  Unitarian  Church,  June  the  8th,  1864. 
Seventeen  members  went  into  the  new  organization,  the  names 
of  whom  are  as  follows:  J.  C.  Steele,  Mrs.  E.  Watts,  Thomas 
Wharry,  Henry  Iserman,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Blakely,  Miss  Louisa 
Blakely,  Miss  F.  M.  Blakely,  Mr.  R.  Irwin,  Mrs.  Jane  Irwin, 
Mrs.  Francis  W.  Prather,  Mr.  Ebenezer  Root,  and  Mrs.  Sarah 
Root.  The  last  five  were  from  the  old  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Lawrence.  Most  of  what  was  left  of  that  organiza- 
tion seems  to  have  been  disposed  of  in  this  way,  leaving  it  to  the 
extinction  to  which  it  had  been  virtually  doomed  by  the  action 
of  the  Highland  Presbytery  in  constituting  the  Union  Presby- 
terian Church. 

The  Rev.  Abraham  Blakely  presided  at  the  organization.  He 
had  come  to  Lawrence,  on  an  urgent  call,  from  the  scene  of  use- 
ful and  congenial  labors  in  the  east,  to  take  charge  of  the  new 
enterprise.  The  original  plan  was  to  combine  a  classical  school 
with  the  church  which  was  to  be  constituted  ;  but  this  part  of  the 
plan  was  only  partially  carried  out.  Five  elders  were  elected, 
viz  :  J.  C.  Steele,  Robert  Irwin,  Henry  Iserman,  Matthew  G. 
Karr,  and  W.  P.  Montgomery.  Mr.  Blakely  soon  visited  the  east 
in  order  to  collect  funds  for  a  Church  edifice,  and  in  the  midst  of 
his  arduous  labors  there,  which  were  of  a  nature  greatly  to  over- 
tax his  sensitive  organization,  he  was  suddenly  called  home  by 
the  Master.  His  death  took  place  in  a  hotel  in  the  city  of  New 
York,  from  an  attack  of  illness,  which  in  a  few  hours  proved 
fatal,  and  with  which  he  was  overtaken  while  engaged  in  writing 
an  earnest  appeal  on  behalf  of  the  struggling  Church  in  Lawrence. 
He  was  an  unusually  scholarly  and  consecrated  minister.  He 
died  December  the  19th,  1864,  in  the  forty-fifth  year  of  his  age. 
His  daughter,  Mrs.  L.  A.  B.  Steele,  wife  of  Judge  L.  S.  Steele, 
is  still  with  us. 

After  a  vacancy,  partially  filled  by  the  presence  and  labors  of 
the  Rev.  James  Brownlee  and  others,  the  Rev.  George  F.  Chapin, 


16  HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

a  Congregational  minister  from  New  Hampshire,  took  charge  of 
the  congregation  and  ministered  to  it  with  a  fair  measure  of  suc- 
cess, from  1865  until  sometime  in  the  summer  of  1868.  The 
stone  chapel,  standing  just  in  the  rear  of  this  Church,  with  ac- 
commodations for  school  purposes  as  well  as  for  Sabbath  services, 
was  built  on  the  fine  lots  occupying  the  southeast  corner  of 
Warren  and  Kentucky  streets.  James  M.  Ewing  was  added  to 
the  bench  of  Elders.  The  families  of  G.  W.  E.  Griffith  and  A. 
G.  Eidemiller,  the  Ewings,  McCoys,  McConnells,  and  Martins, 
most  of  whom  are  still  with  us,  were  the  valuable  accessions  and 
prominent  workers  during  this  early  and  active  stage  of  the 
Church's  progress. 

Mr.  Chapin,  after  serving  the  Church  between  two  and  three 
years,  was  succeeded  by  the  Rev.  D.  M.  Moore  from  Ohio.  The 
work  of  the  Church  was  vigorously  and  harmoniously  carried  on. 
There  were  encouraging  additions  to  its  membership,  some  by 
profession  of  faith,  and  more  by  letter,  indicating  an  increased  im- 
migration and  growth  of  the  City's  population.  Mr.  Moore's 
ministry  seems  to  have  been  generally  acceptable  to  the  people. 
He  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Church,  on  a  salary  prom- 
ised of  11200.00  ;  but  foreseeing  the  approaching  union  of  the 
two  great  branches  of  the  Presbyterian  Denomination,  and  favor- 
ing the  coalescence  into  one  body  of  the  divided  Presbyterian 
element  in  Lawrence,  he  declined  the  call,  but  remained  as  stated 
supply  until  the  contemplated  union  was  duly  accomplished  in 
1870.  At  that  time  the  Church  reported  a  membership  of  fifty- 
six.  After  leaving  Lawrence,  Mr.  Moore  successfully  labored 
seven  jears  in  Hutchinson,  Kansas,  then  at  Fort  Worth,  Texas, 
and  is  in  charge  now  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  of  El  Paso,  in 
the  same  State. 

Before  concluding  our  notice  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Lawrence,  New  School,  it  may  be  well  to  state  that 
the  Rev.  James  Brownlee,  who  ministered  to  it  occasionally,  died 
at  Carbondale,  111.,  last  January,  in  the  seventy-fifth  year  of  his 
age,  after  a  ministry  of  fifty  years.     The  Rev.  Geo.  F.  Chapin  is 


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still  laboring  as   a  Congregational   Minister,  at   Saxton's  River, 
Windham  County,  Vermont. 

Let  us  now  return  to  the  Union  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Lawrence.  Our  history  begins  to  have  plainer  sailing,  since  its 
new  book  of  Sessional  Records  furnishes  ample  notice  of  its 
proceedings,  from  the  burning  of  the  old  one  at  the  Quantrell 
Raid  up  to  a  comparatively  recent  date.  The  names  of  the 
members,  at  that  time,  are  given  from  recollection,  and  number 
thirty-three:  John  Shepherd,  D.  E.  Bowen  and  G.  W.  Grew 
were  the  ruling  Elders;  Wm.  A.  Holmes,  J.  A.  Finleyand  Noah 
Cameron  were  the  Deacons;  Robert  H.  Miller,  J.  A.  Finley  and 
Noah  Cameron  were  the  Trustees.  Mr.  Finley  soon  afterward 
died  in  the  army. 

The  Rev.  W.  A.  Starrett  was  called  to  be  the  pastor  of  the 
Church  September  the  6th,  1863,  and  in  due  time  was  regularly 
installed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Highland.  His  pastorate  lasted 
about  seven  years,  or  until  the  two  Lawrence  Churches  were 
merged  into  one.  This  was  a  period  of  considerable  growth  in 
the  city  and  the  church.  In  1870  its  membership  had  reached 
ninety-one,  with  100  in  the  Sabbath  school.  Thirty  were 
added  on  examination  in  1866,  by  far  the  largest  accession  in  any 
one  year.  Contributions  were  made  to  our  Church  Boards  with 
a  good  degree  of  regularity  and  liberality  also,  considering  other 
financial  burdens  which  the  church  was  carrying  at  the  time. 
The  original  name  of  the  church,  "77ie  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Laxm-ence^'^  was  now  resumed.  Perhaps  the  crowning  feature 
of  Mr.  Starrett's  pastorate  was  the  erection  of  this  Church  build- 
ing. The  enterprise  was  vigorously  undertaken  and  finally  pushed 
forward  to  a  very  creditable  completion.  Liberal  subscriptions 
were  maide  by  members  of  the  congregation  and  by  other  citizens 
of  Lawrence.  The  ladies,  under  the  leadership  of  the  pastor's 
accomplished  and  energetic  wife,  lent  their  enthusiastic  and  re- 
markably effective  aid.  The  whole  cost  of  the  work  was  $11,000. 
A  large  part  of  this  amount  was  collected  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Starrett 
in  the  east.     $1,000  was  furnished  by  the  Presbyterian  Board  of 


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Church  Extension.  Wm.  E.  Dodge,  of  New  York,  gave  $500. 
Quite  liberal  amounts,  also,  were  contributed  through  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Reasor,  then  pastor  of  the  Westminster  Church  of  Leaven- 
worth, and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Coe,  of  St.  Louis.  The  dedication  of  the 
Church  Edifice  probably  took  place  in  1869.  I  find  no  clue  to 
the  exact  date.  The  dedication  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Nichols,  then  and  now  pastor  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
Church  of  St.  Louis. 

It  is  sad  to  reflect  that  a  state  of  affairs  seemingly  so  aus- 
picious should  have  had  anything  to  mar  it.  That  some  "  roots 
of  bitterness "  had,  however,  sprung  up  becomes  only  too  evi- 
dent. On  this  part  of  an  otherwise  creditable  record  we  have 
no  heart  to  linger.  "It  must  needs  be  that  offenses  come,  but 
woe  to  that  man  by  whom  the  offense  cometh."  There  were  out- 
breaks of  dissatisfaction  and  alienation.  There  were  cases  of 
discipline  probably  unwisely  managed,  and  certainly  of  unhappy 
tendency,  in  which  some  of  the  best  members  of  the  Church  were 
more  or  less  involved.  Mr.  Starrett  was  a  gentleman  of  good  tal- 
ents and  some  special  force  of  character.  A  thorough  education 
had,  in  that  respect  at  least,  furnished  him  fully  for  the  work  of 
the  ministry;  and  it  must  be  conceded  that  in  many  ways  he 
wrought  ably  and  well.  But  with  all  that  can  and  ought  to  be 
said  in  his  behalf,  there  was  still 

"  The  little  rift  within  the  lute, 
That  by  and  by  would  make  the  music  mute, 
And  working  inward  slowly  silence  all." 

The  resignation  of  his  pastorate,  in  accordance  with  the 
terms  of  union  between  the  two  Presbyterian  Churches  of  Law- 
rence, was  soon  followed  by  his  withdrawal  from  the  Presbytery 
and  from  the  gospel  ministry.  He  became  a  lawyer,  and  for  the 
past  few  years  pursued  the  practice  of  his  new  profession  in 
Chicago,  where  he  died  January  6th,  1887,  in  the  fifty- third  year 
of  his  age. 


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During  Mr.  Starrett's  pastorate,  C.  P.  O'Brien,  J.  O.  Adams, 
and  W.  J.  Long  became  Elders,  and  at  its  close  seemed  to  have 
constituted  the  entire  session  of  the  Church.  Our  present 
esteemed  friends,  the  Loves,  Rankins  and  Daileys  were  identified 
with  the  congregation,  and  actively  participated  in  its  affairs. 

The  Old  School  Synod  of  Kansas  was  constituted  in  1865. 
In  1868  the  Presbytery  of  Leavenworth  was  erected,  and  Law- 
rence was  under  its  jurisdiction. 

The  existence  of  two  comparatively  weak,  and,  in  some  re- 
spects, rival  Presbyterian  Churches  in  Lawrence,  so  near  to 
each  other  locally,  each  claiming  to  hold  the  same  great  system 
of  Christian  doctrines,  could  not  have  been  favorable  to  the 
growth  of  Presbyterianism,  or  to  the  advancement  of  the  cause 
of  Christ,  in  Lawrence.  Some  who  came  to  the  City,  disposed  to 
cast  in  their  lot  with  the  Presbyterian  Church,  were  doubtless 
repelled  by  this  unseemly  spectacle.  Each  organization  drew, 
from  year  to  year,  several  hundred  dollars  of  Home  Missionary 
funds  for  its  necessary  support.  There  were  leading  members 
in  both  the  Churches  who  deeply  deplored  this  state  of  things, 
and  were  ready  to  welcome  any  practicable  way  out  of  it.  The 
golden  opportunity  came  with  the  happy  reunion  of  the  Old  and 
New  School  Presbyterian  Churches  of  the  United  States,  which 
was  consummated  in  the  year  1870.  The  first  proposal  touching 
the  union  of  the  Lawrence  organizations  came  from  the  New 
School  people.  After  some  hesitation  on  the  part  of  the  other 
conservative  and  cautious  Church,  the  proposal  was  favorably 
considered,  and  a  basis  of  Union  was  soon  agreed  upon.  The 
pastors  and  other  officers  of  both  congregations  resigned  their 
respective  positions.  The  New  School  Church  sold  its  property 
to  the  School  Board  of  the  City,  and  with  the  proceeds  of  the 
sale  the  debts  of  both  organizations  were  paid.  A.  G.  Eidemiller 
and  G.  W.  E.  Griffith,  the  first  mentioned  elected  by  the    New 

School  branch,  and  the  second — though  a  New  School  man by 

those  of  the  Old  School,  constituted  the  newly  formed  Session  of 
the  United  Church.     Substantial  cordiality  marked  the  auspicious 


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change  ;  and  with  a  new  consciousness  of  strength  resulting  from 
this  happy  combination  of  Presbyterian  forces,  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Lawrence,  now  took  her  rightful  place  among 
her  sister  churches,  and  looked  forward  with  kindling  hope  to  a 
brightening  future. 

Among  those  who  took  a  most  active  part  in  bringing  about 
this  desirable  state  of  things  it  is  especially  proper  to  mention 
the  name  of  A.  G.  Eidemiller,  of  the  New  School,  and  Elder 
Long,  of  the  Old  School  Church.  These  two  brethren  earnestly 
took  hold  of  the  laboring  oar  that  speeded  the  movement  on  to 
its  successful  termination.  J.  N.  McConnell  and  G.  W.  E.  Grif- 
fith on  the  one  side,  J.  K.  Rankin  and  Prof.  Rote  (then 
Superintendent  of  the  City  Schools)  on  the  other,  were  warm  ad- 
vocates and  efficient  helpers  of  the  cause  of  union;  and,  indeed 
for  its  peaceful  accomplishment  with  so  much  of  cordial  unanimi- 
ty, all  the  members  of  both  the  Churches  are  entitled  to  our 
grateful  remembrance. 

Rev.  Dr.  T.  H.  Cleland,  of  Lebanon,  Kentucky,  acceptably 
ministered  to  the  Church  for  a  few  months  in  1871,  and  would 
probably  have  become  its  permanent  Pastor,  but  for  a  severe  at- 
tack of  illness,  which  compelled  him  to  relinquish  the  field.  His 
acquaintance  with  our  Church  has  been  from  time  to  time  re- 
newed, by  his  visits  and  labors  among  us.  He  is  at  present 
Pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Pewee  Valley,  Ky. 

The  highly  successful  Pastorate  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Y. 
Gardner  began  with  the  beginning  of  1872,  and  ended  in  June, 
1874.  This  was  the  culminating  era  of  Lawrence  as  a  city,  and, 
apparently  at  least,  of  its  First  Presbyterian  Church.  There  was 
great  increase  of  business,  rapid  growth  of  population,  and 
marked  augmentation  of  wealth.  Best  of  all,  was  the  memor- 
able spiritual  quickening  that  came  to  the  community,  and  to 
all  the  Churches,  known  as  the  "Hammond  Revival."  The 
Presbyterian  Church  received  an  accession  of  seventy-three 
members  by  profession  of  faith,  and  nearly  as  many  more  were 


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added  to  it  by  certificate.  The  number  of  communicants  ran  up 
from  150  in  1871  to  284,  and  there  was  a  Sabbath  School  mem- 
bership of  216.  Our  Church  Boards  were  liberally  remembered. 
The  Pastor's  salary  was  made  $2,000.  George  Noble  and 
George  Innes,  with  their  wives,  and  Mr.  R.  B.  Gemmell  were 
among  those  received  into  the  Church,  with  the  ingatherings 
that  followed  Rev.  Mr.  Hammond's  Evangelistic  labors.  There 
were  doubtless  many  other  valuable  accessions.  Still,  to  one 
who  carefully  scans  the  recorded  names  of  not  a  few  who  at  the 
same  time  professed  conversion  and  united  with  the  Church, 
and  who  follows  the  subsequent  course  of  these  persons,  noting 
their  present  relapsed  spiritual  state, — their  utter  uselessness  to 
this  or  any  other  church, — the  reflections  awakened  are  the  re- 
verse of  cheering.  There  would  seem  to  have  come  both  to 
Church  and  community  something  of  a  subsequent  spiritual  re- 
action, and  a  waning  also  of  financial  prosperity, — a  very  dis- 
couraging condition  of  things  both  to  people  and  Pastor.  Mr. 
Gardner's  resignation  and  retirement  from  the  Church  was,  most 
likely,  its  natural  outgrowth.  Evidence  of  the  esteem  and  affec- 
tion that  were  generally  cherished  toward  this  excellent  Pastor 
still  survive  among  our  people.  Of  his  history  sine  he  left  Law- 
rence I  know  but  little.  His  present  ecclesiastical  connection  is 
with  the  Congregationalist  Church. 

While  Mr.  Gardner  was  pastor,  J.  N.  McConnell,  George 
Gall,  A.  Parsons,  J.  W.  Johnston,  Prof.  E.  Miller,  and  N.  J.  Mc- 
Vicker  became  members  of  the  Session.  What  is  known  as  the 
term  system  of  service  for  the  eldership  was  adopted.  Topeka 
Presbytery  to  which  the  Lawrence  Church  now  belongs  was  con- 
stituted in  1871. 

The  Rev.  James  M.  Cockins,  at  the  time  pastor  of  the  Second 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  became  the  successor 
of  Mr.  Gardner  some  time  previous  to  Februarv,  1875.  His 
pastorate  lasted  through  the  following  four  years.  They  were 
years  of  great  financial  stringency.  The  drought  and  grass- 
hopper scourge  had  wrought  the  devastation  of  many  a  fair  field 


22    HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

and  bright  prospect  in  Kansas.  Lawrence  had  no  boom  during 
all  that  period  of  protracted  straitness.  There  was  serious 
shrinkage  of  property  values  and  of  the  City's  population.  It 
was  not  a  time  in  which  a  Church  could  be  expected  to  grow 
financially  strong,  or  to  have  a  marked  increase  of  membership  ; 
certainly  not,  in  the  absence  of  any  signal  advancement  of  its 
spiritual  life  and  activity.  The  membership  of  this  Church  in 
1875,  Mr.  Cockin's  first  year — is  reported  as  only  200,  but  that  of 
the  Sabbath  School  was  225.  When  he  left  the  Church  in  1879, 
there  were  225  communicants  on  the  roll,  and  the  Sabbath  School 
had  grown  to  250  members.  Each  year  of  his  labors  was  pro- 
ductive of  respectable  contributions  to  our  Church  Boards. 
Twenty-three  members  were  added  by  examination  in  1877. 
The  whole  number  received  on  profession  of  faith  during  the 
whole  of  this  pastorate  was  twenty-nine,  and  by  certificate  sixty- 
three,  making  the  total  additions  eighty-two.  Mr.  Cockins  has 
since  done  good  and  successful  work  as  Pastor  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Ripley,  Ohio.  He  is  now  on  the  Pacific  Coast, 
and  has  recently  been  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Woodbridge,  California. 

At  the  close  of  Mr.  Cockin's  pastorate,  the  session  was  com- 
posed of  the  following  members,  viz  :  J.  W.  Johnston,  G.  W.  E. 
Griffith,  Prof.  Wm.  A.  Boles,  (Superintendent  of  the  City  Schools) 
J.  N.  McConnell,  George  Innes  and  R.  B.  Gemmell. 

The  present  Pastor,  who  to-day  closes  up  a  little  more  than 
eight  years  of  ministerial  labor  for  this  Church,  succeeded  the  Rev. 
James  M.  Cockins,  April  1st,  1870,  having  then  just  completed 
a  pastorate  of  sixteen  years  and  six  months  with  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Iowa  City,  Iowa.  His  term  of  service 
here  has  been  one  of  unbroken  peace  and  quietness.  No  pro- 
tracted vacations  have  been  taken,  and  our  Sabbath  services  have 
had  very  little  interruption  of  any  kind.  No  striking  events 
have  occurred  to  furnish  interesting  material  to  future  historians. 
Eight  years  are  of  brief  duration,  and  yet  no  Pastor  of  this 
Church  has  hitherto  remained  quite  that  long   among  you;  and 


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while  these  years  having  been  running  their  swift  rounds  every 
other  Church  in  Lawrence  except  the  Episcopal  and  Unitarian 
which  have  only  been  supplied  a  portion  of  the  time,  has  changed 
Pastors  three  or  four  times.  It  would  be  no  cause  for  wonder  if, 
in  view  of  the  great  variety  to  which  your  neighbors  have  been 
treated,  the  unbroken  monotony  to  which  you  have  been  so 
steadily  held,  should  have  grown  somewhat  wearisome.  But  I 
am  sincerely  grateful  that  you  have  never  told  me  so,  or  even 
shown  it  by  the  unmistakable  hint  of  declining  congregations. 
For  all, your  forbearance,  and  for  the  many  other  proofs  of  your 
kindness,  which  I  can   never   forget,  accept  my  heartfelt  thanks. 

Of  the  results  of  our  mutual  efforts  and  prayers,  as  people 
and  Pastor,  I  can  only  give  you  the  few  statistics  at  hand,  which 
partially  and  imperfectly  indicate  some  of  those  results  that  are, 
in  a  measure,  tangible. 

Our  Church  membership,  as  reported  in  the  minutes  of  the 
General  Assembly,  at  the  time  of  my  coming  among  you,  was 
175.  It  is  now  257,  not  counting  some  names  yet  on  the  roll  to 
which,  I  am  pained  to  say,  there  is  little  or  nothing  to  answer 
that  would  be  available  for  the  uses  or  the  honor  of  this  or  any 
other  Church  of  Christ.  Our  absentees  without  regular  dis- 
mission are  comparatively  few,  and  most  of  these  are  not  re- 
ported. We  have  received  during  the  eight  years  in  all  265 
members;  190  by  letter  and  75  on  profession  of  faith — an  aver- 
age addition  of  a  little  over  33  for  each  year.  Of  the  175  mem- 
bers who  were  here  when  I^came,  only  85  remain;' 128  have 
been  dismissed.  Many  of  these,  I  am  glad  to  learn,  are  consis- 
tent and  useful  in  other  Churches.  Twenty-four  have  been 
removed  by  death  from  the  Church  on  earth  to  the  Church  in 
Heaven,  Did  time  permit,  it  would  be  a  privilege  to  linger 
over  the  memories  of  these  dear  departed  ones, — some  of  them 
the  most  honored  and  saintly  of  our  number, — with  whom  we 
took  sweet  counsel  and  went  to  the  house  of  God  in  company. 

During   the  past  eight  years,  M.    Murray,  Edward  Russell, 


24    HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

Charles  A.  Tuthill,  James  R.  McKee,  A.  G.  Eidemiller,  and  Prof. 
E.  H.  S.  Bailey  were  added  to  our  Church  Session.  Of  these 
brethren,  only  Edward  Russell  and  Prof.  Bailey  remain  with 
us,  the  others  having  removed  from  our  bounds,  each  after  a  com- 
paratively brief  period  of  service.  The  Session,  as  now  constitu- 
ted, consists  of  the  following  members,  viz  :  J.  W.  Johnston, 
G.  W.  E.  Griffith,  Edward  Russell,  A.  G.  Eidemiller,  and  Prof. 
E.  H.  S.  Bailey.  It  is  worthy  of  mention,  as  an  excellent  prece- 
dent for  all  coming  time,  that  the  members  of  our  Session,  with- 
out exception,  have  actively  engaged  in  our  Sabbath  Schoql  work; 
effectively  filling  the  office  of  Superintendent,  (as  in  the  case  of 
Mr.  Griffith  for  many  years,  and  Mr.  Russell  for  a  briefer  time,) 
or  as  successful  teachers  both  of  adult  and  juvenile  classes. 

Three  years  ago  our  Church  edifice  was  thoroughly  repaired 
and  put  into  its  present  greatly  improved  condition  of  comfort 
and  internal  beauty,  at  an  expense  of  over  $1,500,  most  of  which 
was  liquidated  at  the  time.  The  work  was  admirably  managed 
under  direction  of  our  Board  of  Trustees  and  a  special  commit- 
tee of  gentleman  and  ladies,  to  whose  good  judgment  and 
excellent  taste  great  credit  is  due.  I  am  far  from  satisfied  with 
the  comparatively  little  space  given  in  this  historical  sketch  to 
the  memories  and  labors  of  those  congregational  officers  and 
private  members  who  have  presided  over  the  very  important 
secular  department  of  the  Church's  affairs,  or  given  their  gener- 
ous aid  and  personal  exertions  to  the  promotion  of  this  class  of 
interests  and  enterprises,  on  which  so  much  of  a  Church's  comfort 
and  prosperity  must  necessary  depend.  The  work  done  by  our 
Ladies'  Social  Circle,  and  so  well  seconded  by  the  Young  Ladies' 
Aid  Society,  has  been  a  very  considerable  factor  in  any  prosper- 
ous results  that  may  have  been  reached  through  the  mutual 
labors  and  sacrifices  of  our  people  during  the  past  years. 

Our  Church  at  this  time  is  well  organized  for  its  work;  with 
its  Sabbath  School  of  competent  and  faithful  officers  and  teach- 
ers; its  prayer  meeting  that  only  needs  to  be  more  fully  rein- 
forced by  the  attendance  and  participation  of  those  on  whom  its 


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support  depends;  our  Young  Peoples'  Society  of  growing 
strength  and  interest:  our  Ladies'  Missionary  Society,  that 
manages  to  raise,  from  year  to  year,  such  liberal  sums  of  money 
for  Home  and  Foreign  Missions;  the  Young  Ladies'  Missionary 
Society,  that  has  in  it  a  promise  and  potency  of  which  increasing- 
ly good  proofs  are  given ;  last,  but  not  least,  the  Ladies'  Social 
Circle,  already  referred  to;  and  by  no  means  forgetting  our 
Church  choir,  to  whose  leadership  our  often  excellent  and  spir- 
ited congregational  singing  is  the  appropriate  and  appreciative 
response. 

The  contributions  of  the  Church,  for  the  past  eight  years,  to 
the  Boards  of  our  General  Assembly  and  to  other  benevolent 
and  Christian  objects,  amount  to  $4,588.  In  addition  to  this, 
over  $1^000  were  contributed  by  some  of  our  people  to  Emporia 
College.  The  amounts  raised  for  the  support  of  our  own  stated 
services — payment  of  salaries,  repairs  on  our  Church  building, 
etc.,  reach  an  aggregate  of  $17,676. 

This,  considering  everything,  is  a  record  of  which  no  church 
of  our  numbers  and  circumstances  need  be  ashamed;  and  yet, 
brethren,  we  have  none  of  us  made  any  really  serious  sacrifices 
for  this  important  department  of  the  cause  of  the  Master  who 
gave  Himself  for  us,  or  of  the  Church  to  which  we  are  indebted 
for  so  many  of  our  temporal,  spiritual  and  eternal  blessings. 
"  Be  not  weary  in  well  doing."  "  See  that  ye  lose  not  those 
things  which  ye  have  wrought,"  by  a  failure  to  meet  the  needs 
of  the  Church,  in  its  present,  or  in  any  future  emergency. 

Our  mutual  work  as  people  and  pastor  ends  to-day  The  ac- 
count will  meet  us  at  the  judgment  seat  of  Christ  toward  which 
we  all  hasten.  May  God  be  merciful  to  our  failures,  and  take 
our  poor  but  sincere  endeavors,  and  use  them  for  the  good  of  this 
beloved  Church,  for  His  own  glory,  and  for  the  salvation  of  per- 
ishing souls  ! 


26  HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

Finally,  Bretheren,  farewell.  Be  perfect,  be  of  good  comfort, 
be  of  one  mind,  live  in  peace,  and  the  God  of  love  and  of  peace 
shall  be  with  you. 

Amen  ! 


LAWRENCE,  KANSAS.  if! 


April,  1887,  to  May  ist,  1888'. 


Contributed    by    Hon.    Edward   Russell. 


Soon  after  the  adjournment  of  Presbytery,  Rev.  Wm.  N.  Page, 
D.  D.,  of  Leavenworth,  preached  for  us,  and  declared  the  pulpit 
vacant. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Church  and  Congregation,  held  about 
this  time. 

It  was  Resolved^  almost  unanimously,  that  there  should  be  no 
candidating  in  seeking  a  new  Pastor  for  the  congregation  ;  but 
a  committee  was  appointed,  consisting  of  the  Session,  composed 
of  Elders  J.  W.  Johnston,  G.  AV.  E.  Griffith,  A.  G.  Eidemille^; 
Edward  Russell  and  E.  H.  S.  Bailey,  together  with  Messrs. 
George  Innes,  J.  A.  Dailey  and  Prof.  E.  Miller,  who  were  in- 
structed to  make  diligent  enquiry  as  to  the  qualifications  of  any 
whose  names  might  be  presented  to  fill  our  pulpit,  and  when  the 
Session  should  be  satisfied  as  to  any  minister,  to  invite  him  to 
come  and  preach  for  the  Church  a  few  Sabbaths  ;  but  in  no  event 
to  have  more  than  one  person  preaching  to  the  Church  at  any 
one  time,  in  order  that  no  factions  might  arise  among  the  people. 

In  the  meantime,  the  filling  of  the  pulpit  from  Sabbath  to 
Sabbath  devolved,  as  usual,  upon  the  Session,  who  in  the  provi- 
dence of  God,  invited  Rev.  Perry  S.  Allen,  late  of  Warren,  Penn., 


28  HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


to  preach  for  us  a  few  Sabbaths,  with  whom  the  people  were 
pleased.  And  the  latter  part  of  May,  1887,  they  gave  to  Mr. 
Allen  a  call  to  become  our  Pastor,  which  he  accepted  in  June 
following,  and  in  August  he  moved  to  Lawrence  with  his  family, 
and  began  the  labors  of  Pastor  in  our  midst.  His  service  among 
us  seemed  blessed  of  the  Lord  in  the  increasing  attendance  upon 
all  the  services  of  His  house,  and  for  the  short  time  he  remained 
with  the  Church,  the  Sabbath  School  as  well  grew  in  numbers 
and  interest,  while  the  very  large  attendance  upon  the  weekly 
prayer  meeting  was  noticeable.  Prior  to  Mr.  Allen's  coming 
among  us  his  health  had  not  been  good,  for  some  years,  so  that 
a  few  months  of  labor  again  so  wore  upon  his  enfeebled  system 
that  when  Presbytery  convened  in  October  he  thought  it  pru- 
dent not  to  request  his  installation  to  take  place,  and  in  November 
following  he  made  known  to  the  Session  his  conviction  that  he 
must  return  to  the  Church  its  call,  and  again  leave  our  pulpit 
vacant. 

Immediately  upon  his  departure,  which  took  place  after  the 
third  Sabbath  of  November,  the  Session  and  committee,  through 
the  clerk  of  Session,  Mr.  Griffith,  wrote  to  Rev.  Reuben  H.  Van 
Pelt,  of  Trumansburg,  N.  Y.,  of  whose  worth  as  a  man  and  ac- 
ceptability as  a  minister  of  the  Lord,  they  had  been  duly  ad- 
vised, inviting  him  to  come  and  preach  for  us  a  month  and 
become  acquainted  with  our  people,  with  a  view  to  a  call  from 
our  Church.  Mr.  Van  Pelt,  though  taken  by  surprise  at  our  in- 
vitation, not  being  aware  that  his  name  had  been  thought  of  by 
us,  at  once  came  to  us  and  remaining  with  us  a  month,  filling 
our  pulpit  most  acceptably,  was  at  the  end  of  that  time  invited 
by  the  Church  and  congregation  to  become  our  Pastor;  and  in 
due  time  a  call  was  made  out  and  sent  to  him.  After  a  few  days' 
consideration  of  the  call,  he  felt  compelled,  under  the  warm, 
hearty  remonstrances  of  his  people  at  Trumansburg  to  decline 
our  call. 

Again,  during  the  remainder  of  the  Winter  and  the  early 
Spring,  the  Session  arranged  for  the  filling  of  the  pulpit,  with 


LAWRENCE,  KANSAS.  29 

constant  effort  on  their  part,  and  that  of  the  committee  of  the 
congregation,  to  find  some  one  who  might  prove  the  right  man 
to  fill  our  pulpit  as  Pastor.  Thus  time  rolled  on  till  Presbytery 
again  convened,  in  April,  1888,  and  it  seemed  to  the  Session  and 
committee  that  possibly  Mr.  Van  Pelt  might  be  induced  to  come 
to  us,  and  a  new  communication  was  addressed  to  him,  inquiring 
if  he  would  not  reconsider  his  declination.  His  response  was 
so  favorable  that  the  Church  and  congregation  were  called 
together  to  consider  the  question  of  renewing  their  call  to  Mr. 
Van  Pelt,  and  upon  Sabbath,  April  loth,  1888,  after  the  admin- 
istration of  the  Sacrament,  the  Church  with  great  unanimity  re- 
affirmed their  call  to  Rev.  Reuben  H.  Van  Pelt  to  become  our 
Pastor.  Since  this  historical  paper  has  been  written,  the  Church 
has  received  Mr.  Van  Pelt's  acceptance  of  our  call,  and,  the  Lord 
willing,  he  will  come  among  us  in  September  to  begin  his  labors 
as  our  Pastor. 

It  may  not  be  amiss,  in  this  connection  to  say  that  our  Church 
has  been,  for  many  years,  entirely  loyal  to  the  General  Assembly 
of  our  Church,  in  its  benevolent  work,  so  that  its  contributions  to 
all  the  Boards  of  the  Church  have  been  yearly  taken  up. 


30         MEMBERSHIP  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 


JVIEMBERSHIP 


OF    THE 


First  Presbyterian  Church 


Or  IvA^?vRKNCE,  Kansas, 


IVTay    1st,     A.     D.    1888 


Adams,  Mrs.  Eliza  A.,  residence  Qiienemo,  Kans. 

Agle,  Mrs.  Eliza  Folej'',  residence  Topeka,  Kans. 

Allen,  S.  M.,  residence  Hancock,  bat  ween  Delaware  aad  Oregon  sts. 

Allen,  Mrs.  Helen  M.,  residence  Hancock,  between  Delaware  and  Ore 
gon  sts. 

Allen,  Miss  Helen  L.,  residence  Hancock,  between  Delaware  and  Ore- 
gon sts. 

Andrews,  Mrs.  Margaret,  residence  Ottawa,  Kans. 

Armstrong,  Robert  M. 

Atchison,  Mrs.  Amanda,  residence  corner  of  Maine  and  Warren  sts. 

Austin,  J.  W.,  residence  1635  Massachusetts  st. 

Austin,  Mrs.  Emma  E.,  residence  1635  Massachusetts  st. 

Bailey,  Prof.  E.  H.  S.,  residence  1829  Ohio  st. 

Bailey,  Mrs.  Vessie  T.,  residence  1329  Ohio  st. 

Banta,  J.  C,  residence  California  road,  234  mile  west  of  city. 


LAWRENCE,  KANSAS.  31 


Banta.  ISIrs.  Maggie,  residence  California  road,  2}4  J^aile  west  of  city. 

Beach,  Mrs.  Emily  A.,  residence  wicli  Prof.  Robinson,  G28  Ohio  st. 

Becker,  Mrs.  S.  J.,  residence  1403  Tennessee  st. 

Becker,  Miss  Cora  A.,  residence  1403  Tennessee  st. 

Bell,  Peter,  residence  400  Ash  St.,  North  Lawrence. 

Bell,  Mrs.  Eliza,  residence  4Q0  Ash  St.,  North  Lawrence. 

Benedict,  Miss  Julia  M.,  residence  923  Tennessee  st. 

Blackman,  Mrs.  Mary,  residence  1238  Kentucky  st. 

Blackman,  Rollin  C,  residence  1238  Kentucky  st. 

Blackman,  Miss  Cora  H.,  residence  1238  Kentucky  st. 

Blackman,  Miss  Miriam  H.,  residence  1238  Kentucky  st. 

Blayney,  Geo.  M.,  residence  833  Ohio  st. 

Blayney,  Mrs.  Fannie  I.,  residence  833  Ohio  st. 

Bloomfleld,  Mrs.  Lou  W.,  residence  1235  New  York  st. 

Blythe,  Mrs.  Julia  A.,  residence  Argentine,  Kans. 

Bolles,  J.  Lewton,  residence  421  Ohio  st. 

Bolles,  Mrs.   Nellie  E.,  residence  421  Ohio  st. 

Boyd,  Robert  S.,  residence  at  Mrs.  Wilson,  New  Hampshire  st. 

Breed,  Fred  J.,  absent  from  the  city. 

Butler,  Mrs.  Mary  T.,  residence  north  side  Pinckney  St.,  west  of  School 

House. 
Butler,  Guy  K  ,  residence  north  side  Pinckney  St.,  west  of  School  House. 
Butler,  Paul,  residence  north  side  Pinckney  St.,  west  of  School  House. 

Cameron,  Noah,  residence  three  miles  northwest  of  city. 

Cameron,  Mrs.  E,  A.,  residence^three  miles  northwest  of  city. 

Cameron,  Allen  N.,  residence  three  miles  northwest  of  city. 

Cameron,  Miss  Rose  L.,  residence  three  miles  northwest  of  city. 

Cameron,  Huber  L.,  residence  three  miles  northwest  of  city. 

Caldwell,  E.  F.,  residence  945  'New  Hampshire  st. 

Campbell,  Mrs.  Mary,  residence  eight  miles  northwest  of  city. 

Carpenter,  Robert  R  ,  residence  1146  Kentucky  st. 

Carpenter,  Mrs.  Mary  E.,  residence  1146  Kentucky  st. 

Cary,  Mrs.  Helen  M,  four  miles  northwest  of  city,  north  side  river. 

Castle,  Miss  Laura  M  ,  residence  Hancock,  between  Delaware  and  Oregon 
sts. 

Christain,  A.  O.,  absent  from  city. 

Clark,  Samuel,  residence,  six  miles  southwest  of  city. 

Clark,  Mrs.  Jane,  residence  six  miles  southwest  of  city. 

Collins,  Cassius  C  ,  residence  Leavenworth  County,  six  miles  northeast  of 
city. 

Collins,  Mrs.  Lydia  E.,  residence  Leavenworth  County,  six  miles  north- 
east of  city. 


32         MEMBERSHIP  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

Collins,  Mrs.  Eleanor,  residence  921  Kentucky  st. 

Colton,  Allen  H.,  absent  from  the  city. 

Cook,  Mrs.  Jane,  residence  southeast  corner  Mississippi  and  Warren  sts. 

Cook,  Miss  Maria,  residence  southeast  corner  Mississippi  and  Warren  sts.  */ 

Cook,  Miss  Sarah,  residence  southeast  corner  Mississippi  and  Warren  sts. 

Covey,  Mrs.  Clara,  residence  in  the  country. 

Coy,  Mrs.  Emma  Root,  residence  Dodge  City. 

Cowan,  Huston  G.,  residence  two  miles  west  of  city. 

Cowan,  Mrs.  Eliza  W.,  residence  two  miles  west  of  city. 

Cowan,  Miss  M.  J.,  residence  two  miles  west  of  city. 

Cummings,  Miss  Isabella,  residence  at  Mr.  Steele,  615  Tennessee  st, 

Dailey,  J.  A.,  residence  507  Ohio  st. 

Dailey,  Mrs.  Maggie,  residence  507  Ohio  st. 

Dalton,  B.  J.,  residence  1130  Rhode  Island  st. 

Dalton,  Mrs.  — .,  residence  1130  Rhode  Island  st. 

Davis,  Mrs.  Sarah,  residence  north  side  river  near  Maple  Grove  Cemetery. 

Davis,  Miss  Sarah  N.,  residence  north  side  river  near  Maple  Grove  Cem- 
etery. 

Davis,  Miss  Susan,  teaching  aiiong  Seminoles,  at  Weewoka,  Indian  Ter 
ritory. 

Davis,  Miss  Lizzie,  teaching  among  Seminoles,  at  Weewoka,  Indian  Ter 
ritory. 

Deigel,  Mrs.  Nellie,  residence  corner  Adams  ana  Vermont  sts. 

Deskins,  John,  residence  Baldwin  City,  Kans. 

Deskins,  Mrs.  Sarah  J.,  residence  Baldwin  City,  Kans. 

Dever,  Sheldon  B.,  residence  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Dever,  Mr.'?.  Ella,  residence  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Dixon,  Mrs.  Martha  L.,  residence  1202  Ohio  st 

Dixon,  Miss  Lizzie  residence  1202  Ohio  st. 

Dobbin,  Mrs.  A.  H.,  residence  907  New  Hampshire  st. 

Donaldson,  Randall,  residence  911  Massachusetts  st.,  up  stairs.  [j 

Donaldson,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  residence  911  Massachusetts  st,  up  stairs. 

Dunlap,  Shepherd,  residence  six  miles  southwest  of  city. 

Eidemiller,  A.  G.,  residence  1003  Tennessee  st. 
Eidemiller,  Mrs.  Mary  J.,  residence  1003  Tennessee  st 
Eidemiller,  Miss  Maggie  R„  residence  1003  Tennessee  st. 

Ferris,  David  J.,  residence  Alabama,  near  Winthrop  st. 
Ferris,  Mrs.  Anna,  residence  Alabama,  near  Winthrop  st. 
Finfrock,  Willis  H.,  absent  from  the  city. 
Finney,  James  R,,  residence  four  miles  northwest  of  city. 


•jll.)  V  LAWRENCE,  KANSAS. 


Finney,  Mrs.  Alice  C,  residence  four  miles  northwest  of  city. 
Finney,  Edward,  residence  four  miles  northwest  of  city. 

Gardner,  John,  residence  first  house  north  Pinckney  St.  school  house. 
Oardner,  Mrs.  M.  J.  E.,  residence  first  house  north  Pinckney  St.  school 

house. 
Garrett,  Miss  Minnie,  residence  4  miles  southeast  of  city. 
Oinn,  James,  residence  1112  Tennessee  st. 
Ginn,  Mrs.  Hannah,  residence  1112  Tennessee  st. 
Green,  Mrs.  Maggie  M.,  residence  Winfield,  Kans. 
Grifiith,  George  W.  E.,  residence  adjacent  to  city  on  southeast. 
Griffith,  Mrs.  Priscilla  A.,  residence  adjacent  to  city  on  southeast. 
Griffith,  Charles  E.,  residence  Eudora,  Kans. 
Griffith,  Miss  Mary,  residence  with  G.  W.  E.  Griffith. 
Griffith,  Miss  Alida,  residence  with  G.  W.  E.  Griffith. 
Griffith,  T.  D.,  residence  511  Ohio  st 
Griffith,  Mrs.  Nellie  G.,  residence  511  Ohio  st. 

Hamilton,  Mrs.  Jennie  Walker,  residence  1605  Tennessee  street. 

Hamlin,  Mrs.  Eliza,  residence  441  Ohio  st. 

Hargis,  T.  M.,  residence  530  Louisiana  st. 

Hargis,  Mrs.  E.  M.,  residence  530  Louisiana  st. 

Hart,  Mrs.  Abigail,  residence  four  miles  northwest  of  city,  north  of  river. 

Hill,  Robert  F.,  retidence  185  Massachusetts  st.  North  Lawrence. 

Hill,  Miss  Rebecca,  residence  185  Massachusetts  St.,  North  Lawrence. 

Hill,  Miss  Priscilla,  residence  185  Massachusetts  St.,  North  Lawrence. 

Hobbs,  Bruno,  boards  at  933  Tennessee  st 

Holloway,  Mrs.  Fannie  R.,  residence  520  Ohio  st. 

Hughes,  Joseph  R.,  residence  303  Ontario  st. 

Hughes,  Mrs.  Rachel  E.,  residence  303  Ontario  st. 

Hutchison,  Miss  Margaret,  residence  1235  New  York  st. 

Hynes,  Samuel  B.,  residence  Topeka,  Kans. 

Hynes,  Mrs,  Ella  M.,  residence  Topeka,  Kans. 

Hynes,  Miss  Emma  K.,  residence  Topeka,  Kans. 

Hynes,  Miss  Lyle,  residence  Topeka,  Kans. 

Hynes,  Miss  Estelle,  residence  Topeka,  Kans. 

Hynes,  Miss  Ella  W.  residence  Topeka,  Kans. 

Innes,  George,  residence  847  Louisiana  st. 
Innes,  Mrs.  Eliza  M.,  residence  847  Louisiana  st. 
Innes,  Miss  Minnie,  residence  847  Louisiana  st. 


34         MEMBERSHIP  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

Johnston,  J.  W.,  residence  839  Kentucky  st. 
Johnston,  Mrs.  Mary,  residence  839  Kentucky  st. 
Johnston,  John  L.,  residence  839  Kentucky  st. 
Johnston,  R.  C,  residence  921  Kentucky  st. 
Johnston,  Mrs.  Helene,  921  Kentucky  st. 
Junkins,  James  W.,  residence  941  Tennessee  st. 
Junkins,  Mrs.  Jennie  M.,  residence  941  Tennessee  st. 

Lane,  Mrs.  Mary,  residence  Bloomington,  Kans. 

Lane,  "William,  residence  Bloomington,  Kans.    (Licentiate.) 

Lewis,  Mrs.  Roberta,  (Niesley),  residence  725  Rhode  Island  st. 

Love,  Alexander,  516  Ohio  st. 

Love,  Mrs.  Eliza,  516  Ohio  st. 

Love,  Miss  Isabella  M.,  residence  516  Ohio  st. 

Love,  Miss  Agnes,  residence  516  Ohio  st. 

Machir,  Mrs.  Melissa,  residence  near  Linwood,  Leavenworth  county,  Kans. 

Machir,  Miss  Ida,  residence  near  Linwood,  Leavenworth  county,  Kans. 

Mansfield,  Mrs.  Clara  J.,  residence  304  Indiana  st. 

Marquart,  Mrs.  Fannie  Dunlap,  residence,  Osborne,  Ohio. 

Martin,  Mrs.  Lucinda  M.,  residence  5  miles  southwest  of  city. 

Martin,  Alvin  E.,  residence  5  miles  southwest  of  city. 

Martin,  Miss  Jane  E,,  residence  5  miles  southwest  of  city. 

Melvin,  Mrs.  Hannah,  residence  North  Lawrence,  near  Fincher's  store. 

Miller,  Prof.  E.,  residence  1244  Tennessee  st. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Anna  A.,  residence  1244  Tennessee  st. 

Miller,  Miss  Mary  E.,  residence  1244  Tennessee  st. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Ella,  residence  1104  Tennessee  st. 

Miller,  William,  residence  1  mile  southeast  of  city. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Estelle  J.,  residence  1  mile  southeast  of  city. 

Miller,  Wykoff,  residence  Topeka,  Kans. 

Miller,  Mrs.  Margaret,  residence  Topeka,  Kans. 

Miller,  Miss  Dora,  residence  Topeka,  Kans. 

Montgomery,  H.  W.,  boards  Lewis',  New  Hampshire  st. 

Montgomery,  Mrs.  Laura  A.,  absent  from  city. 

Mustard,  C.  B.,  residence  837  Maine  st. 

Mustard,  Mrs.  Mattie  E.,  residence  837  Maine  st. 

Myers,  John  E.,  residence  1314  Tennessee  st. 

Myers,  Mrs.  Jennie,  residence  1314  Tennessee  st. 

McAllister,  Miss  Jane,  residence  730  Connecticut  st. 

McBride,  Daniel,  residence  841  Vermont,  corner  Warren  st. 

McBride,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  841  Vermont,  corner  Warren  st. 

McBride,  William,  residence  841  Vermont,  corner  Warren  st. 


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McCoy,  John  E.,  residence  1645  Massachusetts  st. 
McCoy,  Mrs.  Philipena,  residence  1645  Massachusetts  st. 
Mclntyre,  R.  B.,  residence  1321  Massachusetts  st. 
Mclntyre,  Mrs.  Margaret,  residence  1331  Massachusetts  st. 
Mclntyre,  L.  O.,  residence  1021  Rhode  Island  st. 
McInt}Te,  Mrs.  Carrie  E.,  residence  1021  Rhode  Island  st. 
Mclntyre,  Harvey  K.,  residence  1321  Massachusetts  st. 
McNish,  John  M.,  residence  over  Indiana  Cash  Grocery. 
McNish,  Mrs.  Susan  F  ,  residence  over  Indiana  Cash  Grocery. 

Niesley,  Mrs.  Leah  B.,  residence  728  Rhode  Island  st. 
Niesley,  Miss  Mary  E  ,  residence  728  Rhode  Island  st. 

Oliver,  Mrs.  Susan,  residence  734  Indiana  st. 

Osborne,  Mrs.  Lucy,  residence  911  Alabama  st. 

Osborne,  Luman,  residence  911  Alabama  st. 

Osborne,  Miss  Nellie,  residence  911  Alabama  st. 

Osmond,  3Irs.  Harriet  S.,  residence  Tennessee,  corner  Warren  st. 

Osmond,  Miss  Josephine  P.,  residence  Tennessee,  corner  Warren  st. 

Patterson,  W.  J.,  place  of  business  Watkins  Land  Mortgage  Co. 

Persing,  Abraham,  residence  Lee,  second  door  east  of  Massachusetts  st. 

Pierson,  Mrs.  Rebecca,  residence  Lee  and  Haskell  Avenue. 

Pierson,  Miss  Olive,  residence  Lee  and  Haskell  Avenue. 

Popenoe,  P.  D.,  residence  734  Indiana  st. 

Popenoe,  Mrs.  Kate,  residence  734  Indiana  st. 

Popenoe,  Miss  Susan  B.,  residence  734  Indiana  st. 

Rankin,  Mrs.  Augusta,  residence  731  Louisiana  st. 

Rankin,  3Irs.  3Iatilda  A.,  residence  943  New  Hampshire  st. 

Ray,  Thomas  J.,  boards  AVindsor  Hotel. 

Rice,  Miss  Hattie,  residence  Louisiana  and  Adams  sts.,  at  Prof.  Marsh. 

Richards,  Mrs.  Lizzie  Miller,  residence  Sonora,  Mex. 

Riffle,  Franklin,  absent  from  the  city. 

Rogers,  Miss  Mary  E.,  residence  near  Baldwin  City,  Kans. 

Robinson,  Mrs.  Henrietta  B.,  residence  628  Ohio  st. 

Root,  Eleazer,  residence  corner  Warren  and  Alabama  sts. 

Rugh,  Mrs.  Sarah  J.,  residence  Lee,  north  side,  second  door  east  of  Mass- 
achusetts  st. 

Rugh,  Miss  Mattie  C,  residence  Lee,  north  side,  second  door  east  of  Mass- 
achusetts St. 

Russell,  Edward,  residence  corner  Louisiana  and  Pinckney  sts. 


m         MEMBEKSHIP  OF  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

Saxey,  A.  E.,  residence  adjacent  to  city  on  northwest, 

Saxey,  Mrs.  Maggie  G.,  residence  adjacent  to  city  on  northwest. 

Schall,  A.,  residence  Gatesville,  Mich. 

Schall,  Mrs.  Amanda,  residence  Gatesville,  Mich. 

Shannon,  Mrs.  Augusta,  residence  703  Indiana  st 

Sloan,  Mrs.  Nancy,  residence  304  Indiana  st. 

Smelser,  Frank,  residence  940  Kentucky  st. 

Smelser,  Mrs.  Annie,  residence  940  Kentucky  st. 

Snyder,  George  W.,  residence  8  miles  north  of  city. 

Snyder,  Mrs .  Eliza,  residence  8  miles  north  of  city. 

Snyder,  George  W.  Jr.,  residence  1136  Connecticut  st. 

Snyder,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  residence  1136  Connecticut  st. 

Smith,  William,  absent  from  city. 

Sprague,  George  F.,  residence  111  South  Park  st. 

Steele,  L.  tt.,  residence  1411  Haskell  st. 

Steele,  Mrs.  L.  A.  B.,  residence  1411  Haskell  st. 

Steele,  Charles  A.,  residence  1411  Haskell  st. 

Steele,  John  M.,  residence  1411  Haskell  st. 

Steele,  Mrs.  Martha  A.,  lives  with  Mrs.  Akers,  near  Kennedy  School 

House. 
Steele,  Hugh,  residence  1336  Tennessee  st. 
Steele,  Mrs.  Mary  M.,  residence  1336  Tennessee  st. 
Steele,  Miss  Jean,  residence  1336  Tennessee  st. 
Steele,  Miss  Jeanette  C,  residence  1336  Tennessee  st. 

Talbot,  Nicholas  R.,  resif'ence  Marshall,  Missouri. 
Talbot,  Mrs.  Sallie,  residence  Marshall,  Mo. 
Tweed,  Archie,  residence  925  Connecticut  st. 
Tweed,  Miss  Ida,  residence  925  Connecticut  st. 
Tweed,  Miss  Nettie  C,  residence  925  Connecticut  st. 

Walker,  Charles,  residence  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Walker,  G.  M. ,  residence  1605  Tennessee  st. 

Walker,  Mrs.  Zippora  M.,  residence  1605  Tennessee  st. 

W'^alker,  Miss  Mary,  residence  1605  Tennessee  st. 

Walker,  John  M.,  residence  1701  Ohio. 

Walker,  Mrs.  Mary  Edwards,  residence  1701  Ohio  st. 

Ware,  Mrs.  Angeline,  residence  Overbrook,  Kans. 

Wheeler,  R.  H.,  absent  from  the  city. 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  Emma  Martin,  residence  in  the  country. 

White,  James,  residence  812  New  Hampshire  st. 

White,  Mrs.  L.  J.,  residence  812  New  Hampshire  st. 

Whitehead,  Mrs.  Mary,  residence  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


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Whitehead,  Miss  Jessie  L.,  residence  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Wynne,  Miss  Alice,  residence  1409  Massachusetts  st. 
Wynne,  Miss  Helen,  residence  1409  Massachusetts  st. 
Yeats,  Robert  A.,  residence  817  Massachusetts  st.,  up  stairs. 
Yeats,  Miss  Mary  E.,  residence  817  Massachusetts  St.,  up  stairs. 


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